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Message: <blockquote data-quote="livefreeordie1" data-source="post: 2611404" data-attributes="member: 320222">Thanks for not being partisan, first of all.Second of all, it is interesting to note that Congress sits less days than schoolchildren: While children in school usually go for 175-190 days, Congress(wo)men usually only sit for 120 days, which is one third of the year.  That means that two-thirds of the time, they are on vacation, or they have "constituent days," where they are supposed to be visiting the people who voted for them in their home state, but they usually just chillax.  Pretty unfair when you compare it to most other workers in this country who make way less money and work way harder.I mean, I am all for Congressmen and Senators making good money, as to attract talent to the positions, but I think that if they are going to make almost 200 grand a year, they should work more for it.</blockquote>